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The Women's Armed Services Integration Act (Pub.L. 80–625, 62 Stat. 356, enacted June 12, 1948) enabled women to serve as permanent, regular members of the armed forces in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and the recently formed Air Force. However, Section 502 of the act limited service of women by excluding them from aircraft and vessels of the ...
France: An old bylaw requiring women in Paris, France to ask permission from city authorities before "dressing as men", including wearing trousers (with exceptions for those "holding a bicycle handlebar or the reins of a horse") was declared officially revoked by France's Women's Rights Minister, Najat Vallaud-Belkacem. [323]
On 1 July 1921 the Act on the Change of Certain Provisions of the Civil Law Pertaining to Women's Rights was enacted by the Sejm, to address the most obvious inequalities for women who were married. The provisions of the Act allowed women to control their own property (except their dowry), to act as witnesses to legal documents, to act as ...
It says, "Men and women shall have equal rights throughout the United States and every place subject to its jurisdiction." 1932 – Hattie Wyatt Caraway, of Arkansas, becomes the first woman ...
United States, California: Married Women's Property Act grant married women separate economy. [37] United States, Wisconsin: Married Women's Property Act grant married women separate economy. [37] United States, Oregon: Unmarried women are allowed to own land. [9]
Saudi women's rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul was arrested in May 2018, along with 10 other women's rights activists in Saudi Arabia. The Association for the Protection and Defense of Women's Rights in Saudi Arabia is a Saudi non-governmental organization founded to provide activism for women's rights .
October 12, 1971 – The House of Representatives passes the ERA. [1] The vote is 354 in favor and 24 opposed. [3] March 22, 1972 – The Senate passes the ERA. This version of the amendment reads: Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. [2]
The Girls on the Bus finally have a departure time. The long-gestating series will premiere Thursday, March 14, on Max with its first two episodes, followed by one new installment weekly through ...